"Then why do you look at me like I'm the only one who can break you?" - Zi Yu
"If the world takes you away, I'll burn it down to bring you back." - Tian Xu Ning
Tian Xu Ning has it all-wealth, power, looks, and the admiration of everyone at the university. Cold, untouchable, and heir to a business empire, he's never known defeat and doesn't believe in love. Until one day, a scholarship student walks into his life.
"He thinks he can replace me? Let him try."
Zi Yu is everything Tian Xu Ning is not - poor, humble, endlessly kind and a smile and beauty that warms everyone's heart. With a sick mother and younger sister depending on him, Zi Yu carries nothing but his determination to succeed.
From the moment Zi Yu steps into the lecture hall, Tian Xu Ning feels his throne slipping - His perfect grades, his admirers, his untouchable image.
Two worlds collide: wealth and poverty, arrogance and innocence, ice and fire. What starts as rivalry quickly turns into obsession, protectiveness, love and a slow-burning desire neither can control. And in the clash, they discover that the one person they can't stand might be the one person they can't live without.
•Enemies to Lovers •Academic Rivals •Slow Burn